Reina As-Salaam, 15, and Juliana Ferrell, 16, killed, and Monica Epps, 16, injured in pedestrian accident with driver Tansu Kanlica on Barrett Lakes Blvd.

One person was killed and two others injured when all three were struck by a vehicle that then left the scene, Cobb County police said today. Police later located the alleged hit-and-run driver, along with a second driver accused in the deadly crash. Three pedestrians, identified only as female juveniles, were walking on a sidewalk along Barrett Lakes Boulevard at the time of the Sunday night crash, according to Officer Mike Bowman. Investigators believe the driver of a silver Nissan 350z was driving northbound on Barrett Lakes Boulevard approaching Shiloh Valley Drive in the Kennesaw area when he lost control of the vehicle, Bowman said. The driver, later identified as Tansu Kanlica, left the roadway and crossed the sidewalk, striking all three girls, according to police. “It is believed that Mr. Kanlica was attempting to give chase to another vehicle for theft of services,” Bowman said in an emailed statement. One of the girls died at the scene of the wreck, which happened around 7:20 p.m. A second victim was transported by ambulance to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital with life-threatening injuries and the third was transported to Kennestone with non-life-threatening injuries, Bowman said. Kanlica, 27, of Atlanta, allegedly left the scene of the wreck after striking the three pedestrians, according to police.